by Michael Jeyro

With the average box for a new videogame ranging from fifty to sixty dollars, there is no reason to consider their acquisition as anything other than a moderate financial investment.

There is no reason whatsoever for a piece of software to last anything other than a lifetime (or at least a Xbox's lifetime) yet it is very often that a tiny scratch, the product of overeager handling, improper packaging or a simple but unavoidable accident renders an entire gaming dvd completely useless. Creating X360 backup games is a strategy of ensuring your software lasts as long as you need it to.

If you own the particular software, making a backup is one hundred percent legal as long as it is for personal use and not for distributional purposes. Unlike earlier iterations, you don't even need a mod chip to play your completelylegal backups on your Xbox these days. Current program is tailored to your system's specific dvd drive allowing it to read the DVD-R backups you make. That is, of course, a 1:1 backup of the original disc created with the intention of keeping the originals safe by using the copies instead.

Given that we are in the middle of an economic crisis with a potential depression threatening us and that the price of games has been on the rise for years with no sign of dropping any time soon it is more important than ever to protect your investment.

Given it is entirely legal, that game discs are notoriously prone to suffering major damage from the most tinyest of scratches and that creating Xbox 360 copies today is as simple as using a downloadable piece of software there is literally no reason not to do it.

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Given the ease of backing up console games and how expensive an investment they can be, there is no reason to risk permanent damage by not having a copy. Make sure you back your games up today!